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Patented June 12,1883.

E. E. ELLIS.

SOEDEEING DEVICE.

UNITED A STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERRAND E. ELLIs, oF vERNoN, NEw FORK.

soLoI-:RING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,234, dated June 12, 1883,

Application filed October 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERRAND F. ELLIs, of the town of Vernon, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements iu Soldering Devices, of which the following, taken in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of soldering devices which are usually termed cap` ping-irons, 7 and are employed for soldering the caps ou tin cans used for preserving fruit, &c.

The invention consists in an improved construction and combination of the constituent parts of the capping apparatus, whereby the same is rendered more convenient and efficient in its operation, as hereinafter more fully explained, and specically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of my invention arranged to be operated by steam or other power. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal transverse section on line w w, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a can to be capped.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Upon a suitable table or work-bench, C, is erected a post or pedestal, D, which supports in a horizontal position a furnace, F, in the form of an elongated chamber, which is open at one end and has a partition, l, extending from said end part way toward the closed end, and thereby forming two passages, meeting at the interior ofthe chamber. A gas or vapor pipe, G, havingnsuitable burner projecting .into one of the aforesaid passages of the furnace F, fur- 'nishes the a1n'e,which circulates through the furnace and escapes through the other passage, as indicated by arrows in the drawings. At the junction of the said passages the furnace is formed with avcrtical cylindrical enlargement, through. which is extended a cylindrical block, H, of metal or other suitable heat-conducting .material, said' block being of a smaller diameter than the furnace and arranged concentric with thesame, so as to form around the block an annular passage, which, by the extension of the partition Z to the block H, is made to constitute the continuation of the before-described passages through the furnace.

' Vertically through the center of the block is extended a tube or hollow spindle, S, to the lower extremity of which is attached an annular block of copper, A, the lower edge of which is of a diameter and of proper shape to encompass the cap I of the can shown in Fig. a of the drawings, and run the solder around said cap,in the manner hereinafter explained.

The spindle S may be either fitted to revolve in the block H or fixed thereon, and the block arranged to revolve in the furnace.

Longitudinally through the spindle S is extended a rod, a, which issuspended from a col lar, c, attached thereto and resting loosely on the upper end of the spindle.

To the upper end of the spindle is attached a handle, B, which has a vertical cylindrical cavity, d, in range with the axis of the spindle. In said cavity is placed a spring, e, which presses on the collar c of the rod a., for the purpose hereinafter described.

To the lower extremity of the rod ay is attached a combined soldering and centering point, b, which projects below the lower edge of the copper A, and is adapted to enter the usual vent, m, in the center of the cap of the can.y (See Fig. 3 of the drawings.) The entrance of the point b in the vent m serves to hold the can in its requisite concentric position under the soldering-tool, so as to bring the annular bottom edge of the solderingliron A into the usual annular depression around the opening ofthe can to be capped.

Underneath the described soldering-tool is arranged a movable table or support, E, for t-he can to be capped. Said table is carried upon an arm, n, connected with a lever, o, which is fulcrumed on a suitable, support, p, attached to the under side of theti'ivork-beneh. By means of the lever o the table E can be raised and lowered to carry the can resting lthereon to and from the soldering-tool A. The tableis lowered for applying thereto the can to be capped, and for removing the same after it is capped.

lr l: represent racks attached to the top ofthe work-bench, and of proper height to carry the solder o' in a convenient position for moving it up to and from the soldering-tool A.

The spindle S is sustained in its vertical position by arms M M, extended from the perles-- tal D, and provided with suitable bearings en- IOO transmit to the copper A the lrequisite heat for melting` the solder, the can to be capped is placed on its support E, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. l of the drawings. The cap being placed in position on the can,the support E is raised to carry the canup to the solderingY`- tool. The solder r is then brought in contact with the heated copper A sufficiently to run the requisite amount of solder around the usual annular indentation, s, in which the crimped edge of the cap rests. The lspindle S, being in the meantime revolved, causes therevolving copper A to run the solder around the edge of the cap. During this operation the rod a is pushed upward by the collision of its projecting point b with the top of the cap, and said point is held in the usual vent, m, in the center of the cap by the pressure ofthe spring c on the upper end of the rod a, thereby firmly holding the cap in position while soldering it on the can in the manner aforesaid. After this is completed, the table E, with the can seated thereon, is lowered by means of the lever o. rIhis allows the rod a. to drop until arrested by the encounter of its collar c with the end of the spindle S. The solder is then applied to the projecting point b of the rod a, and ,the can brought up to it to run the solder over the vent m of the cap, thus capping and sealing the can in a most convenient, reliable, 4o and expeditious manner.

Having described my invention, what I .Claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In combination with the table E and fur- 45 nace F, the` solderingdron A, arranged to rotate in said furnace, and mechanism for imparting rotary motion to said soldering-iron, substantially as shown.

2Q In combination with the furnace F and 50 spindle S, the copper A, secured to the end of the spindle, and the heating-iron l-I, enveloping the copper, substantially as shown and described 3. In combination with the furnace F, the 55 spindle S, passing into the furnace and provided with the copper end A, the rod a, ar ranged to reciprocate in the spindle and provided with the copper point b, and the heatingiron II, enveloping the spindle and its coppered end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth, In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the 65 county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 12th day of October, 1882.

FERRAND F. ELLIS. [L

lfitliesses:

XVM. C. RAYMOND, F. H. Giens. 

